Review: Pierce The Veil
30th January 2011 - Your favourite San Diego-ites? San Diego-ins? San Dieg-ons? Oh wait I know now, San Diegens finally get a foothold in the UK touring with New York's Bayside and Ocala heavyweights A Day To Remember. Review: With 2000+ people in attendance, outside there were a dedicated amount of followers who came for them just as equally as the →
Review: Stone Sour
27th October 2010 - On the success of the brilliant show the guys in A7X put on, Stone Sour had to bring it equally or more and they did. Great band to finish the night, with Corey Taylor leading the foray one can't really complain. Review: I reviewed this one as a last minute favour for my friends website, the full review →
Photos: Hell Yeah
27th October 2010 – Being the second time this year photographing a Hell Yeah show, I had some sense of how this would play out. The difference being in a club venue this time around, and bearing in mind they are the first support any chance of a great light setup was scarce. I didn't review these but I did →
Review: Underoath
12th March 2010 - Sadly the last time we would see the incredible Aaron Gillespie in the Underoath outfit, a shame but people have to do what feels right. Without further longing though, this was definitely a highlight even in the early part of the year. I love Underoath. Here are some of my favourite pics with the review and →
Portraits: Undercolour
24th October 2010 - After the band apparently being unhappy with there previous photos word of mouth (off SRGents) introduced them to me to get a solid set of shots with around 3 different looks. Moody, Colourful and then whatever I felt would go with them (I do aim to shoot something for myself every job). Shooting Notes: Really straightforward, the locations →
Review: Avenged Sevenfold
27/10/2010 - On the brink of what could quite possibly be the biggest tour of the year, a 2300 strong fan base have been at the doors as earliest as 1pm in eager anticipation of two such coveted bands. It's easy to see why, a back catalogue spanning just under ten years and a huge stage setup to support. Lets →
Preview: Avenged Sevenfold
I would never have thought of being able to, not only see Avenged Sevenfold shred me a new one but photograph it too. With another bonus seeing Stone Sour as well! Needless to say it was an exciting evening, and I'm still proudly wearing the pass on my shirt. More lazy than anything though. Don't be fooled by this image, →
Preview: Three Blind Wolves
25th October 2010 - Playing in a venue I've always wanted to go, Three Blind Wolves rocked out the Deaf Institute which made up there debut appearence in Manchester. I met the guys previously through my friends in The Louche F.C and was invited to shoot this show. Very cool guys and music to go with it. You want to →
Preview: The Louche FC
24th October 2010 - The writers block may be sinking in I think. I can't even write my thoughts....sleep deprivation is the cause indeed. Anyway, I managed to take some time for myself after doing some press photos for Undercolour in the day and went along to see my friend Luke play in his band The Louche FC. They were playing →
Review: Our Last Night
18th October 2010 - Very much anticipated and seriously long over due, New Hampshire's outfit Our Last Night finally graced our shores with their blend of brutal hardcore and flawless execution of it. Embarking on the bands first time playing in UK what better band to start out supporting, than our very own We Are The Ocean. Review Without wasting time the →
Photos: SRGents
There are all sorts of music I listen to, yet only certain genres that really stick and then there are some bands from a totally other area that really surprise me. SRGents are one such band I had no idea would interest me so much as they do. Predominately French vocals over layers of English folk makes one hell of →
Photos: Bring Me The Horizon
"We will never sleep cos sleep is for the weak, and we will never rest til were all f---ing dead!" The chant will never leave my head. Bring Me The Horizon performed at Manchester Academy, October last year and it was the best show I've been too so far. . . . . . Shooting Notes: At this point I was still →
Photos: Airbourne
Balls to the wall rock and roll, more Marshalls than a music shop and a complete disregard to the brutal elements of Britain's nature. Airbourne were a great close to the festival and closed it out perfectly. All that was left to do was run back to my tent. Shooting Notes: By this point I was too wet to care. I wanted →
Portraits: Fortworth
Trekking up to the highest point in Bolton, to source a prime location for some guitar promos. Why? I just had to get out of the city. I also had to check out my heritage even though its not really mine namely the Pigeon Tower. While it was so windy and looked as if a storm was coming we lucked →
Photos: Steel Panther
While still battling the rain, it did nothing to make me stray away from these heavy rocking dudes. I reckon they are the only band I have to see again and again because they are so fun to photograph while playing damn perfect music. Steel Panther rock no matter what the critics say. Besides they'll only fuck your mum for →
Photos: Switchfoot
Wow, one of the most memorable bands of my music history, that I first heard of when their hit single "This Is Your Life" was played on Smallville. Unfortunately for me I couldn't stick around to hear it live. You'd also think from the photos that I'd had the full set to shoot. From the crowd time, energetic performance and →
Photos: The Damned Things
Another day another "supergroup", it's not exactly like anyone wears a cape but I like the term nonetheless. This group in particular consists of Joe Trohman/Andy Hurley of Fall Out Boy, Keith Buckley/Josh Newton of Every Time I Die, and Scott Ian/Rob Caggiano of Anthrax. Shooting Notes: The genre this combination makes up? nothing more than straight down the middle heavy metal →
Review: Imogen Heap
As is the case with Imogen Heap shows there are always some kind of technical difficulties. Due in part, that majority of her equipment is custom. It was certainly the only time I’ve experienced where it meant the show was actually delayed by an hour. Soundcheck was still going on after the doors which meant 1500+ people were crammed between →
Photos: Rage Against The Machine
A new day brings a different headline act. Most anticipated and one of the biggest crowd pulls of the weekend. Rage Against The Machine took to the stage on top form. Couldn't have asked for a better way to end the evening. Shooting Notes: Hopefully by now you'll have a good idea of how I approached this festival. I was glad to →
Photos: Megadeth
I will try not to drag this out but, I am super stoked on these photos. I normally show a maximum of 16 on here, bearing in mind they are from the best of the 50 or so I selected from of each band. This ones kinda a big post this time around so hopefully it'll make up for the →
Photos: Halestorm
A day and a half shooting against or with the sun I was ready to just leave it at that. There's only so much you can do, lucky for me Halestorm who I'd just caught in the press area previous were getting ready for the Pepsi Max stage. I'm glad I went because they are an amazing band, and it →
Photos: Slash
One of the highlights of the day, purely because...well, who doesn't like a bit of Slash? I posted a preview image on Flickr 3 days ago and it has been my most popular photo with 1,060 views. Also made Explore at #39, so in thanks to it I have posted this set earlier than planned. Enjoy. Shooting Notes: Just another day at →
Photos: Rolo Tomassi
Starting out sounding like a Nintendo on acid, they are fastly becoming one of the most interesting and vibrant bands I've heard from our little country, I was able to set some time aside and see them again this year with the pleasure of being in the pit for photo coverage. Rolo Tomassi are fun party band and are perfect →
Photos: Atreyu
A milestone of sorts, this being the earliest I've photographed a band. Fortunately Atreyu put me in a frenzy of of excitement that held out through the rest of the day. I adore this band and I'm privileged to shoot them. Quite a short set but highly enjoyable all the same. Shooting Notes: I honestly can't say anything bad about them..well I →
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Here I blog everything I shoot, be it bands, models or even all the personal projects I work on. Though its primary function is reviews of live shows and shooting notes to help aspiring photographers.
